Peace also to you!
WOW, what a story that woman has. Thank you for linking to it. And this comment stood out to me (I added a bit before the line I bolded, for context):
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When my psyche had recovered enough to try again 2 years later, I visited many other convents. In some, I could sense the same infant-like attitude of women whose every move was subject to asking permission. One telling sign of this was speaking in an artificially high tone of voice, like a little child. Another was the feeling that the woman speaking to you did not (or could no longer) think any deeper than a little child.
Certainly, [Jesus] said we are to be “child-like” but not childish. There is a big difference.
Yes, absolutely! But 'they' (whether they are the WTS, or the RCC and the various orders in 'her' or any other 'daughter') do not want people to think, to ask deep questions (or really any questions at all). They want people to remain childish - infant-like. Never challenging them or the falsehoods they teach, never maturing, never coming to Christ.
I have heard other stories like hers (including yours), where people asking questions are shamed, falsely accused of being a troublemaker or of being arrogant, even shunned, for asking them. I suspect this occurs in many (if not all) "daughters" out there.
And that second link that describes daily life in a convent....? I mean, that was just prison (even the rooms being called 'cells') without being called prison... though actually, prisoners in a jail/prison, convicted of crimes, have more freedom than she describes nuns as having.
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Although we surely know the answer is, "Yes, of course!" I'm sure we've all have wondered from time to time whether our dear Lord, the Fine Shepherd, leads/has led ones out of other religions. The following might provide us proof of this yes:
He must. I mean, even dear Chariklo is evidence of that, as you mentioned. I also have a friend from work (he has moved away now), and he and his siblings (formerly Russian Orthodox) have left that 'daughter' also. Some of them came out (or were able to hear/see that they
should come out) because of how a priest in that religion mistreated and judged my friend's twin brother. Even their parents stopped going to services because of it, my friend said (I loved that, btw, that they did not allow a religion to take their 'natural affection' away from their son). We have discussed coming to Christ, just to Christ, listening just to Christ; and that "Christianity" (the religion) is not from Christ.
(That being said, my Lord said something to me some time back. (Because even though many people are coming out of whatever daughter they were formerly a part of - my friend was quite excited about this, and I understand that excitement,
but... - that
seemed (at the time) to be enough for him, that people come out. Yet there are many who come out who still believe the falsehoods that BTG taught them, and who are still being misled, and who even go into another daughter or return to their previous daughter - or give up their faith altogether). My Lord said to me that it was not enough to just "Come out of her". One must also come
TO Him.
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Come to me, all you who are weary, and
I will give you rest."
And is this not what
we are to do? To point to Christ? To bear witness to Christ? To invite people to COME to Him? To take the free gift of the water of Life - living water (holy spirit) that HE gives? Just last week, my Lord reminded me - when writing to someone about who had taught me - well, actually, lol... the question was about religion and all of it being false - to invite that person, to tell them to Come! I did, but at the same time I was kind of shocked that I had needed the reminder! But I thank my Lord for giving me it.
I digress.)
There are indeed many daughters of BTG out there. And we know that our Lord says:
"Come out of her, my people." "Her" - of course - is Babylon the Great(er). But she is the mother of MANY harlots (MANY daughters), is she not? So if He is calling people out of BTG, would He
not be calling people out of more than just the one daughters (the WTS)?!
So I am not surprised at all that you might be sent to another one of those daughters, dear sister.
May JAH bless and keep you also, and your household!
Peace and love to you, Shelby, and to your household, and also to you all,
your sister and servant and fellow slave of Christ,
tammy